Anonymous posted the names, addresses, emails and phone numbers of many church members on the Internet as part of what the group dubbed #OpWestboro. Anonymous published this video to explain their dissatisfaction. The group also submitted a petition to the White House to legally define Westboro as a hate group.

The Westboro Baptist Church is mostly known for picketing funerals of soldiers and well-known civilians such as Steve Jobs. The church's web site, the url of which contains an inappropriate slur against homosexuals, shows a picture of a sign saying "God sent the Shooter."